A 25-year-old Jersey City man was assaulted and robbed by three males last night while walking on Magnolia Avenue, officials said.

The victim said he was near Waldo Avenue at 8 p.m. when a man approached him from behind and he turned to defend himself, a police report says. He told police he was then attacked by a male on a bicycle and another on a skateboard, the report says.

During the struggle, one of the attackers snatched the victim’s iPhone from his hand and the three robbers then ran away, the report says

The first robber was described as being about 6 feet tall and wearing a black bubble jacket, the second was on a BMX bike and the last was wearing a checkered hooded sweatshirt, the report says.

Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to call the Jersey City police tip line at (201) 547 – JAIL.